Italy - Day 4 - Summary - Florence
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
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Today was my last day in Rome. I inteded to get up and catch the 9am train to Florence, but I oversletp and didn't get up until 8:10am. I grabbed a roll, checked out, and headed over to Termini. The walk over was quite easy since the hostel was only 2 blocks away.
I used the auto ticket machine to purchase a first class ticket from Rome to florence. I'm sure I would've figured it out (since it gave instructions in english), but there was a guy who just guided me through it. That appeared to be his racket, he was given donations for his service, so I gave him 1.50 Euro. The ticket itself cost me 47 Euro.
The train arrived on time but moved from terminal 6 to terminal 8 at the last minute. While we rode I was able to get a lot of writing done. The 2 people I was sitting next to were older and quiet. In short it was an uneventful hour-long trip and I arrived shortly after 11am.
When I got off the train I was welcomed to cold and rainy weather. It was probably 5-10 degrees colder than Rome was. I found the street where my hostel was located, but couldn't find the hostel itself and I didn't write down the address before I left. Being cold and frustrated, I stopped into an internet cafe to find out where the Albergo Paola was located. For 1 euro I got an hour of internet, so I got the address and uploaded some of the stuff I worked on during my train ride.
Albergo Paola
It turns out I was only 3 doors down from my hostel, it was just on the other side of the street. I walked up to the 4th floor and entered what would become my home for the next 6 days.
click here to read all about the Albergo Paola Hostel
Seeing Florence
 After getting settled in, I went out for some lunch. Just down the streat was the Trattoria Nerone Pizzeria. A brick-oven pizza joint that was very quaint. When I walked in they litterally stuck me in a corner and couldn't have been happier. I ordered some Penne al pesto and some Chianti Classico and a dissert that was something like scotch and biscotti. I had a great time and think I'll be eating here more than once.
I then wandered the town to get to know the sights. At some point I lost my berrings and trying to make it back after going to the Duomo became next to impossible. I think I made a loop 2 or 3 times before I realized where the train station was. Once I did that I was able to navigate back to Albergo Paola.
I met with an Australian from Sydney, Aaron. He was also on holiday and was going to be gone for about 2 months. I was very jelous to learn that he would be traveling to Egypt. I've really got to do that soon. I am so sad meeting all these people because it makes me realize how short we travel from america. I know that I would have tacked on another 4 days or so had I purchased the tickets on my own, but event then, 10 days is one of the shortest trips I've heard of so far.
Aaron and I went out to Trattoria Nerone for dinner and we grabbed some pizza.
I was able to upload all of day one's pictures that night before I went to sleep. I would say that it end up being a very good day indeed.
-END DAY 4-
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